Butt-end interlocking composition shingle



H. G. HOSE.

BUTT END INTERLOCKING COMPOSITION SHINGLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2. 1920.

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, ATTORNEY H. G. HOSE.

BUTT END INTERLOCKING COMPOSITION SHINGLE.

APPLICATION HLED JAN. 2, 1920. 1 402 3 1 Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

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61am C 63 HQ F 1 ATTORNEY NET "EFT T E FFHCE HENRY GOWER HOSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BUTT-END INTIJIIPJRJIIOCKINCar COMPOSITION SHINGLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY GowER Hosn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butt- End Interlocking Composition Shingles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shingles used for roofing and the like and has for some of 1ts principal objects, to provide a composition shingle which when laid in place shall present a more pleasing and attractive appearance than is presented by those forms of composition shingle hitherto employed which lack a thickened or butt end. and which shall also be capable of interlocking, one with another, so as to provide a more or less close approach to a roof of unitary construction, at thev same time leaving sufficient freedom between the separate interlocking parts to permit of expansion and contraction and a certain amount of flexibility. Other objects of my invention and some of the advantages thereof will be hereinafter set forth.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of various elements and parts, as defined in the claims, some of the embodiments of the said invention being shown in the accompanying drawings and particularly described in this specification.

In the said drawings Fig. l is a plan view of a section of roofing or shingle strip constructed according to one embodiment of my invention, as the same appears open and unfolded; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of three of said strips or sections. folded and interlocked as they appear when in position on the roof; Fig. 3 is a similar perspective view of two of such strips. interlocked, a portion of one of the same being cut away so as to show more clearly the manner of interlocking; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4.4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of my invention, showing a single shingle, folded over and ready for interlocking with a similar shingle in the manner which will be hereinafter described; Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the same on the line 66 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a view of a section of roofing or strip of shingles constructed according to another embodiment of my invention as the same appears open and unfolded; Fig. 8 is a per- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 3, 11922.

Application filed' January 2, 1920. Serial No. 348,882.

spective view of the same folded and ready for interlocking with a similar strip; Fig. 9 is a perspective view of three of such strips folded and interlocked as the same appear when laid upon the roof; Fig. 10 is a perspective view of another embodiment of my invention. showing a single shingle; Fig. 11 is a perspective view in section taken on the line ll l1 of Fig. 10.

All of the said views, showing different embodiments of the invention, will be particularly described in what follows. While the different forms shown in the drawings as constituting various embodiments of the invention present dissimilar appearances to the eye. it will be observed that the manner of folding and interlocking one element with another is substantially the same in all, and that the basis of the invention is manifested in all of the said forms. namely. a roofing shingle. made-either singly or in a strip comprising several shingles. said shingles or said strips being folded in such a way as to interlock with adjacent shingles or strips, and the folds being so arranged as to form a butt end or edge in the lower portion of each shingle or strip. thus producing the pleasing appearance which is desired in roofs of this character. which is dependent upon the breaking up of the flat expanse of roof by a series of steps or edges such as are presented to view by the butt end of an ordinary wooden shingle.

In carrying this invention into effect in the embodiment thereof which is shown in Figs. 1. 2. 3 and 4: of the accompanying drawings I provide a strip of roofing material. which may be of any desired roofing composition. such strip being cut from a larger piece or from a roll of composition roofing material, each strip being of the form shown most clearly in Fig. 1. In order to practice economy in the use of material. I prefer to cut the strips forming this embodiment of my invention, diagonally from the roll, which minimizes the wastage in a manner which will be obvious.

In Fig. 1 the strip includes three several bodies or shingle members 17 united by comparatively narrow necks of material 18. the two exterior shingle bodies having lateral extensions 19 corresponding to the necks 18. Each of the shingle bodies 17 has downward extensions 17 and each of these downward extensions has at its lower edge an underfolded flap forming a hooked flange 20. When the shingles, multiple shingles or shingle strips are laid upon the roof they are freely interlocked in the manner shown most clearly in Fig. 3. The hooked flanges of an overlying shingle being freely connected with the necks of the underlying shingle between its downward extensions each successive strip as laid has its underfolded hooked flanges 2O freely engaged with the necks 18 or the lateral extensions 19 as the case may be of the series of multiple strips or multiple shingles next below or underneath.

The embodiment of my invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is somewhat similar to the embodiment just described, except that in this case instead "of a strip of shingles, single shingles 21 are provided each of which has its lower edge underfolded to form a flap having a hooked flange 22 and each of which is provided on each side with a lateral extension 23. The manner of laying and interlocking this embodiment of my invention is analogous to that of the first embodiment already described and will be obvious.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, I provide the strip of material 24 cut substantially in the shape shown more particularly in Fig. 7, having two downwardly extendingportions 25 with a space between and with a corresponding half space outside of each. Each of said downwardly extending portionshas its lower edge underfolded to form a flap having ahooked flange 26. The manner of assembling this form of my invention is clearly shown in Fig. 9 where it will be seen that the underfolded flaps and hooked flanges 26 are freely engaged with the lower edge of the main part of the strip 24 in between and also exterior to the downwardly extending portions 25.

The embodiment shown in Figs. 10 and 11 is analogous to that shown'in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, the difierence being that a sin le shingle is employed instead of a strip. n this embodiment the shingles 27 are each provided with a downwardly extending portion 28 the lower edge of which is under folded to form a flap having a hooked flange 29. In assembling this form of the invention the hook of the flaps 29 are freely connected with the main or lateral portions of the shingle in a manner which will be obvious.

It will of course be understood that the shingle which I have above described and shown in the accompanying drawings I provide a device which can be cut from a roll of roofing material with a minimum of waste and which can be prepared for folding and placing upon the roof in interlocking engagement with other elements in an expeditious manner, and that the said elements may be easily and quickly interlocked together, forming a securely united structure, which affords complete protection at'every point against weather conditions. Itwill also be seen that the interlocking, while eflicient and practically permanent, 15 not rigid, but provides a suflicient amount of freedom and play to render a roof structure constructed according to any of the said forms properly flexible, and also permits a slight degree of expansion and contraction under weather conditions, thus preventing wrinkling, warping or curling of the roof or any of its component parts. The strips or separate shingle as the case may be, may be cut from rolls, large strips, or other pieces of material in the already well understood manner or may be formed in any suitable way. The material may be any suitable form of roofing material which.

shapes and bent in various other ways so as to interlock with each other, may be employed, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, which involves primarily the production of a roofing structure composed of separateparts overlapping each other sufliciently to afford proper protection against weather conditions, and interlocking sufliciently to roduce a united structure adapted to pro ace the results required in roofing structures.

- In describing my invention in this specification I have alluded to the same as being a roofing structure and as being laid upon or as a component-part ofaroof. It should, however, be understood that the use of structures such as I have described is not limited to the roof of a building. It is well known in the art at the present time to cover the side walls of'buildings or a portion of said walls, with shingles or similar structures, and it is obvious that all of the forms or embodiments of my invention which have been described, as well as other embodiments of which the same is capable,

may be employed to cover any portion of a building or similar structure upon which the same can be advantageously used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. The combination of a plurality of self interlocked shingles comprising bodies composed of composition roofing and having downward extensions forming intervening recesses, said extensions being provided with preformed underfolded flaps forming hooked flanges, the hooked flanges of overlying shingles being freely connected with underlying shingles between said downward extensions.

2. The combination of a plurality of selfinterlocked shingles composed of composition roofing and each comprising a strip having downward extensions and intervening recesses, said extensions being provided with underfolded flaps forming hooked flanges, the hooked flanges of an overlying shingle being freely connected with the adj acent underlying shingles between its downward extensions.

3. A shingle comprising a body composed of composition roofing and having downward extensions and intervening recesses, said extensions being provided with preformed underfolded flaps forming hooked flanges adapted to freely connect with a corresponding underlying shingle between its downward extensions.

4. A shingle comprising a strip composed of composition roofing and having rectangular downward extensions and rectangular intervening recesses, said extensions bein provided with preformed underfolded flaps forming hooked flanges adapted to freely connect with a corresponding underlying shingle between its downward extensions.

5. A shingle comprising a strip composed of composition roofing and having downward extensions and intervening recesses, said extensions being provided with preformed underfolded flaps forming hooked flanges adapted to freely connect with a corresponding underlying shingle between its downward extensions, said strip having lateral extensions at its opposite ends of a length corresponding to half the width of a recess.

6. An individual shingle comprising a body composed of composition roofing and having a downward extension with angular recesses on its opposite sides, said extension having a preformed underfold forming a hooked flange at its lower end adapted to freely connect with a corresponding underlying shingle.

7. An individual shingle comprising a body. composed of composition roofing and having a downward extension with recesses on its opposite sides equal in Width respectively to one-half the width of the extension, said extension having a preformed underfold forming a hooked flange at its lower end adapted to freely connect with a corresponding underlying shingle.

Signed at New York City, N. Y., this th day of December, 1919.

HENRY GOWER HOSE. 

